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Q30819: MASM 5.10 OS2.DOC: OS/2 Call Summary - Keyboard Input

Article: Q30819
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 5.10   | 5.10
Operating System(s): MS-DOS | OS/2
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | | mspl13_masm
Last Modified: 26-MAY-1988

The following information is from the Microsoft Macro Assembler
Version 5.10 OS2.DOC file.

OS/2 Call Summary
Keyboard input constant - INCL_KBD

   @KbdRegister - Registers a keyboard subsystem within a screen group
   Parameters - ModuleName:PZ, EntryPoint:PZ, FunctionMask:D

   @KbdCharIn - Returns a character/scan code from the keyboard
   Parameters - CharData:PS, IOWait:W, KbdHandle:W
   Structure - KBDKEYINFO

   @KbdPeek - Returns a character and scan code, if available, without
              removing it from the keystroke buffer
   Parameters - CharData:PS, KbdHandle:W
   Structure - KBDKEYINFO

   @KbdStringIn - Reads a character string from the keyboard
   Parameters - CharBuffer:PB, Length:PS, IOWait:W, KbdHandle:W
   Structure - STRINGINBUF

   @KbdFlushBuffer - Clears the keystroke buffer
   Parameters - KbdHandle:W

   @KbdSetStatus - Sets the characteristics of the keyboard
   Parameters - Structure:PS, KbdHandle:W
   Structure - KBDINFO

   @KbdGetStatus - Gets status information about the keyboard
   Parameters - Structure:PS, KbdHandle:W
   Structure - KBDINFO

   @KbdOpen - Creates a new logical keyboard
   Parameters - KbdHandle:PW

   @KbdClose - Ends a logical keyboard
   Parameters - KbdHandle:W

   @KbdSetCp - Sets the code page identifier for a logical keyboard
   Parameters - Reserved:W, CodePageID:W, KbdHandle:W

   @KbdGetCp - Retrieves the code page identifier for the logical keyboard
   Parameters - Reserved:D, CodePageID:PW, KbdHandle:W

   @KbdGetCp - Ends a logical keyboard
   Parameters - KbdHandle:W

   @KbdFreeFocus - Frees the logical-to-physical bond created by KbdGetFocus
   Parameters - KbdHandle:W

   @KbdGetFocus - Binds the logical keyboard to the physical keyboard
   Parameters - IOWait:W, KbdHandle:W

   @KbdSynch - Synchronizes access to the keyboard subsystem
   Parameters - IOWait:W

   @KbdXlate - Translates a scan code and its shift states into an ASCII code
   Parameters - XlateRecord:PS, KbdHandle:W
   Structure - KBDTRANSLATE

   @KbdSetCustXt - Installs a custom translate table for the logical keyboard
   Parameters - CodePage:PW, KbdHandle:W

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